How to Package and Communicate Business Requirements

One of the primary jobs of the business analyst is bridging the communication gap between the business community and the technology experts. Business, stakeholder, solution, and transition requirements describe what information technology has to deliver but making sure that both parties agree on just what these requirements mean is the real challenge.

This virtual workshop presents concepts, tools, techniques, and ideas for packaging, presenting, and communicating these types of requirements to both the business and technology communities. Only if both sides understand the same thing under these requirements can they work together to develop an optimal solution.

1. Packaging Requirements for Communication

Packaging Requirements

Possible Package Formats

What is a Requirements Document?

Requirements Repository

Discussion: Consider your Target Audience

Communications Plan

Presenting Requirements Externally

Primary Requests for External Solutions

Discussion: Request for Information

Discussion: Request for Proposal

Vendor Selection Criteria

2. Requirements and Re-Usability

Making Requirements Reusable

Regarding the Reusability of Requirements

Requirements Re-use

Exercise: Benefits and Challenges of Re-Use

Critical Success Factors

Exercise: Identifying Reusable Requirements

Requirements Management Tools

Players in the Requirements Management Tools Game

Exercise: Features of a Requirements Management Tool

3. Planning Requirements Management and Communication

Managing Requirements

Requirements Management Plan

Exercise: Requirements Management Plan Template Review

Course Closing

Discussion: Course Review

Exercise: Lessons Learned

References

• Develop a variety of different ways to present requirements to different audiences
• Relate requirements based on 5 relationship types
• Evaluate RFI, RFQ, and RFP documents as tools for communicating business requirements
• Choose the criteria with which vendor’s response to requests will be evaluated
• Argue the benefits and challenges of making requirements reusable

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